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2017 Drama Desk Winners – Photos!

Sunday, June 4 the 2017 Drama Desk Awards were held at Town Hall in NYC’s Times Square. Theater Pizzazz’s JK Clarke was on hand to catch all the excitement on camera. Here is a list, with photos, of some of the winners.

Outstanding Play

Oslo, by J. T. Rogers, Lincoln Center Theater

Outstanding Musical

Come From Away — Irene Sankoff and David Hein

Outstanding Revival of a Play

Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club — Bill Sims, Jr.

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Hello, Dolly!

Outstanding Actor in a Play

Kevin Kline – Present Laughter

Outstanding Actress in a Play

Laura Linney, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Andy Karl, Groundhog Day

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Danny DeVito, The Price, Roundabout Theatre Company

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Jenn Colella, Come From Away

Outstanding Director of a Play

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Director of a Musical (a tie)

Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

David Cromer, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company

Outstanding Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand

Outstanding Music

David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company

Outstanding Lyrics

David Yazbek, The Band’s Visit, Atlantic Theater Company

Outstanding Book of a Musical

*Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away

Outstanding Orchestrations

Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand

Outstanding Music in a Play

Bill Sims Jr., Jitney, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Revue

Simon Green – Hello Dillie!

*Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward, 59E59

Outstanding Set Design for a Play

*Nigel Hook, The Play That Goes Wrong

Outstanding Set Design for a Musical

Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Outstanding Costume Design for a Play

Jane Greenwood, The Little Foxes, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical

Catherine Zuber, War Paint

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play

Christopher Akerlind, Indecent, Vineyard Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

*Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Outstanding Projection Design

*Aaron Rhyne, Anastasia

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

*Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, The Encounter

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

*Nicholas Pope, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Outstanding Wig and Hair

*David Brian Brown, War Paint

Outstanding Solo Performance

*Ed Dixon, Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose

Unique Theatrical Experience

*The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland

Outstanding Fight Choreography

*U. Jonathan Toppo, Sweat, The Public Theater

Outstanding Adaptation

*David Ives, The Liar, Classic Stage Company

Outstanding Puppet Design

Basil Twist, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Outstanding Ensemble

The Wolves, The Playwrights Realm: The superbly talented cast of Sarah DeLappe’s debut play -Mia Barron, Brenna Coates, Jenna Dioguardi, Samia Finnerty, Midori Francis, Lizzy Jutila, Sarah Mezzanotte, Tedra Millan, Lauren Patten, and Susannah Perkins-jelled as one, proving that team spirit is just a alive on the stage as it is on the soccer field.

Special Award to Phil LaDuca: Proving that character comes from the ground up, the designer’s innovative flexible dance shoe ensures that hoofers on any stage remain on point.

Sam Norkin Award: Lila Neugebauer: During a season that saw her helm the original works The Antipodes, Everybody, Miles For Mary, and The Wolves, and resurrect the works of esteemed playwrights Edward Albee, Maria Irene Fornes, and Adrienne Kennedy in Signature Plays, director Lila Neugebauer has shown that her dauntless insight into the human condition knows no bounds.